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Ethiopia's Human Rights Commission has condemned a wave of arrests of journalists.

At least 19 media workers have been detained, which the government-affiliated rights body has called "unlawful".

Maaza Mohammed, an editor of a YouTube channel that has been critical of the government, was among those arrested on Saturday.

She spent more than a month in detention late last year when Ethiopia issued an emergency decree in connection with the civil war in the country's north..

The mass arrests began last week, coinciding with the launch of what authorities have called a "law enforcement operation" in one of the country's regions, Amhara, where more than 4,000 people have been detained in under two weeks.

The commission's head, Daniel Bekele, called the move "a new low" for a country that has often been accused of creating a hostile environment for independent media.

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The head of the African Union, President Macky Sall of Senegal, has expressed "grave concern" at rising tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.

Each country accuses the other of backing armed rebel groups.

Mr Sall appealed for calm and urged both sides to resolve their dispute through dialogue.

On Saturday Rwanda said two of its soldiers - Élysée Nkundabagenzi and Ntwari Gad - were being held captive in eastern DR Congo by the Rwandan Hutu FDLR militia, which it says gets support from Kinshasa.

Earlier, DR Congo suspended flights to Rwanda and summoned Kigali's ambassador - accusing its neighbour of backing M23 rebels, who it now officially designates as terrorists.

The M23 have also been excluded from the Nairobi peace negotiations between the Congolese government and numerous militia groups fighting in its eastern region.

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At least 27 civilians are reported to have been killed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo by rebels linked to the Islamic State group.

The Congolese army said militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked a village on Saturday in Beni territory in North Kivu province, which borders Uganda.

A local civil society leader said people were murdered in their homes with machetes.

The Congolese and Ugandan armies have been conducting joint military operations against the ADF in Beni since November last year.

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An Egyptian cabinet minister has broken her silence about her son who's been charged with double murder in the US state of California.

The minister for immigration and expatriates' affairs, Nabila Makram, said on Saturday that her family was facing an ordeal and asked people to pray for them as well as for the victims.

A statement by Orange County's district attorney says 26-year-old Ramy Fahim, who's being held without bail, is facing the death penalty for stabbing to death a co-worker and his roommate on 19 April.

Ms Makram has received many messages of support online.

Police say the crowd became "uncontrollable" at a charity event where food was handed out to the poor.

Beza, also known as Mama Whistle, explains her strict hygiene rules for her restaurant in Addis Ababa.

Lifting the African Champions League remains the pinnacle for players based on the continent, say former winners Junior Ajayi and Mbwana Samatta.

The men were trapped underground in a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso for six weeks.

Atiku Abubakar beats other candidates to lead the Peoples Democratic Party into February's poll.

Tunisian club US Monastir win the Basketball Africa League title after beating Petro de Luanda 83-72 in Kigali, Rwanda.

The church leaders will call for reconciliation and justice during their visit to South Sudan.

There will be mixed emotions for Ivory Coast's Franck Kessie and AC Milan fans as he leaves the Italian champions after five years.

Yakubu Aku remembers the sequence of events as kidnappers attacked the Kaduna-bound train two months ago.

Politicians, journalists and militia men are targeted, leaving former allies feeling betrayed.

The girl, 15, says she acted in self-defence after a tuk-tuk driver tried to rape her in Egypt.